Becoming A Mexican Citizen

After all these years it was suggested that a group of us might want to trade in our FM3's (working papers) for full Mexican citizenship. Heck Ya!

It took some serious shuffling of paperwork, copies in triplicate, my girls' birth certificates and about $130 dollars and off we went like a herd of turtles bound for the office of immigration in Tepic, Nayarit. It wasn't nearly as painful as I had envisioned. Yes, we had to wait while the rep. interviewed us one by one and we had to let them know why we wanted to become Mexican citizens, (I like tequila and coco locos?) Actually, all of us have children born in Mexico and the majority are also married to Mexicans, so it became apparent that having citizenship would make a lot of sense. We were photographed and finger printed and the whole time treated very kindly which made the experience rather pleasant. Once we were all paid up and all the signatures affixed, we headed over to a place called "Mama Rosa's" for chilaquiles and a celebratory beer. We can't say it's a done deal just yet as all the paperwork gets sent to Mexico City and we'll hear back form them in about six to eight months, but none of us have any reason to believe we won't get accepted. The final step will be to get our Mexican passports which I feel will be a super document to possess and I can tell you that my husband is as proud as can be that I will become a documented citizen of his beloved country.